Comments on: College Football: SI’s Mock Selection Committee Shows Futility of Selection Committee, Four Team Playoff

By: spencer096

spencer096 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:57:02 +0000

Ohio State AD Gene Smith’s justification for not voting for Kansas State was he felt “Oregon and Texas A&M would beat em.”

god damnit gene, you’re the worst. i hope urban meyer fires your ass.

By: Lack of Institutional Control

Lack of Institutional Control — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:54:42 +0000

Squawk, should Alabama have been in the national title game last year?

Personally, I don’t think Alabama should have played in the NC game. Not because OKST was more “deserving” but because I think that if you don’t even qualify for your conference championship game, you shouldn’t qualify for the NC game.

By: QueeferSutherland

QueeferSutherland — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:48:23 +0000

No one mention OSU before now is interesting.

Who says Okie St. was more deserving? The “resume” says Bama lost an overtime game by 3 points to the then No. 1 team in the country while OKST lost to a mediocre Iowa St. team.

The same resume that had OSU beating more quality teams against a tougher schedule. But Alabama went because “eye test.”

Squawk, should Alabama have been in the national title game last year?

By: Ty_Webb

Ty_Webb — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:36:31 +0000

These comments were a treat to read…bravo.

Don’t see how anyone could be upset with a Final Four of:

ND, Stanford, Florida, Bammer

/Would have bumped Florida for teh OSU if they didn’t cheat…

By: Lack of Institutional Control

Lack of Institutional Control — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:35:51 +0000

Alabama played in the title game vs. the more deserving Ok. St.

Who says Okie St. was more deserving? The “resume” says Bama lost an overtime game by 3 points to the then No. 1 team in the country while OKST lost to a mediocre Iowa St. team. Oh, that’s right, OKST scored a lot of points.

By: Lack of Institutional Control

Lack of Institutional Control — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:33:05 +0000

Personally, I place much more value on who you beat then who you lose to.

Except when its ND, then it’s who you SHOULD have lost to that is the determining factor.

By: ms621

ms621 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:21:28 +0000

/bring back the SWC

By: ButtersBC

ButtersBC — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:21:27 +0000

Butters it’s almost like the conferences are too big and amalgamation is a bad thing for college football…..

BLOAT!

Maybe once the leagues all get big enough we’ll have 10-team divisions play a round robin with each other and then their championship game will be a quarterfinal of sorts…pay the damn playoffs indeed

By: Faulkner

Faulkner — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:19:42 +0000

It’s just a little off-putting to me that Alabama doesn’t play UGA, UF or SC, Georgia doesn’t play Bama, A&M or LSU and those teams just happened to win their divisions…it’s why I can’t can’t fall in line with the conferance champs only mentality

Hooray superconferences!

By: ms621

ms621 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:19:34 +0000

Butters it’s almost like the conferences are too big and amalgamation is a bad thing for college football…..

By: squawkbox

squawkbox — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:18:26 +0000

Gives the fans a place to tailgate

Good call.

By: ButtersBC

ButtersBC — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:18:05 +0000

It’s just a little off-putting to me that Alabama doesn’t play UGA, UF or SC, Georgia doesn’t play Bama, A&M or LSU and those teams just happened to win their divisions…it’s why I can’t can’t fall in line with the conferance champs only mentality

By: ms621

ms621 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:14:27 +0000

Gives the fans a place to tailgate

I do enjoy tailgating….

By: ButtersBC

ButtersBC — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:14:07 +0000

Because if winning your conference isn’t worth anything then what’s the point of even competing?

Gives the fans a place to tailgate

By: ms621

ms621 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:10:47 +0000

It seems like taking away the power from the conferences and having centralized scheduling would go a long way towards solving some of those issues, Butters. Because if winning your conference isn’t worth anything then what’s the point of even competing? It’s a little existential I know, but that’s basically what the question boils down to.

By: ButtersBC

ButtersBC — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:08:22 +0000

That doesn’t even appear to be enough for some people

It matters but when that metric uses the ridiculousness of random scheduling it loses some of its luster…college football bloat has turned it into the NFL in just about every way other than postseason format

By: roastbeast

roastbeast — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:05:03 +0000

bring back the gladiator system

/are you not entertained?!

By: ms621

ms621 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:00:55 +0000

win your conference championship so we don’t need a ridiculous metric based on opinions.

That doesn’t even appear to be enough for some people.

By: squawkbox

squawkbox — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:59:27 +0000

How does Florida NOT pass the eye test?

Fuck the eye test…. win your conference championship so we don’t need a ridiculous metric based on opinions.

By: Dental Dam

Dental Dam — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:58:30 +0000

If we reach the point where CFB has a playoff system where teams such as Oregon and Florida (this season) get left out in favor of mediocre conference champs, well, I’ll have a hard time still calling this my favorite sport.

If I wanted to watch a cookie-cutter league with a cookie-cutter playoff system I’d watch the NFL.

/Watches the NFL anyway
//CFB is unique in so many ways and that’s why I love it